Narrative
Type = Species. Per Galet (see citation): "DESCRIPTION: Growing tip: felty, white with rose margin, flat, open. Young leaves: downy, bronze. Leaf: cuneiform, 136 to 146-3-24 to 57, medium, barely three-lobed (10 or 11), often with convex edges, underside cobwebby-pubescent; teeth nearly flat, convex; petiolar sinus lyre-shaped; petioles medium, green, cobwebby. Shoot: ribbed, soft, easily broken or detached from vine, downy, sometimes lightly pubescent. Flower clusters: medium or large, winged with numerous lateral branches; male or female. Cluster: medium-large, conical, many lateral branches; berries round, small, with very little pink, acid, juice. Seeds: medium, yellowish brown to dark mahogany; very swollen dorsal side; small chalaza, position .49, oval; beak short and thick; very shallow sometimes nonexistant indentations. Growth habit: vigorous climbing. APTITUDES: Along with V. Cinerea this is the latest ripening of the American species; its vegetative cycle is approximately a month later than riparia. Budbreak is in mid-April, bloom around June 25, maturity is mid-October and leaf fall around November 20. Its resistance to phylloxera is good (16/20); the leaves carry a few galls. Since its resistance to lime-induced chlorosis is very good, V. Berlandieri should have played a great role in replanting the European vineyards. Unfortunately, it is so difficult to root that hybridization is the only way to obtain commercially viable rootstocks incorporating its lime tolerance. It has a good resistance to fungus diseases and Pierce's disease."